Improvement in instruments for ringing hogs



w. 0. BROWN. l'nstru ments'for Ringing Hogs.

'1 Patented Sept.8,1874.

' UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM 1). BROWN, or LEROY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS FOR RINGING HOGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,832, datedSeptember 8, 1874; application filed July 8, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. D. BROWN, of Leroy, in the county of McLean andState of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Instrument forRinging Hogs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification, in which is shown a perspectiveview ofmy invention.

The object of this invention is to provide an instrument for theinsertion and closing of two rings simultaneouslyin a hogs snout; and itconsists in the novel construction of a ringing tool or pinchers havingbifurcated jaws .with diverging branches and concave grooves,

all arranged in such relation as to admit two ring-blanks at once andinsure their simultaneous insertion in the animals snout, one on eachside of the bone.

The advantage of such a tool is principally the saving of time andtrouble which it effects, as Well as the annoyance and difficulty ofinserting a second ring after the first, resulting from the terror andirritability of the wounded animal.

Referring to' the accompanying drawings, A designates a ringing tool orpinchers, composed of two intersecting levers pivoted together at B, andso curved at their forward ends as to form jaws O O for the reception ofthe ring-blanks, the latter being made of wire or its equivalent, andfitting the grooves a inside the jaws. These jaws are, as before stated,bifurcated to produce diverging branches d d, of which each pair,composed of an upper and lower branch, coincide, as shown.

In using the instrument a blank, preferably of elliptic form, havingarms of unequal length to insure closing outside the flesh, is insertedbetween eachv pair of jaws, and, after being brought to bear on the hogsnose, are both inserted and closed by a single motion of the levers, allinjury to the bone or part between 2. A tool or pinchers for ringinghogs, havin g two diverging grooves,as and for the purpose specifled.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this20th day of June, 1874.

WILLIAM D. BROWN.

Witnesses:

J AMEs H. LINcoLN, ELIJAH BROWN.

